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Sterling Heights backs MDNR Trust Fund grant to buy 13.7-acre Utica Road parcel for conservation
Summary
Council voted to adopt a resolution supporting a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant application to purchase 37217 Utica Road (about 13.7 acres, including ~2.4 acres of wetlands); staff said the city has a purchase agreement with 6 Rivers Land Conservancy and would use a preservation millage as fallback funding if the grant is not awarded.
Sterling Heights council members voted to support a grant application to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund to acquire a 13.7-acre parcel at 37217 Utica Road that city staff said is heavily wooded, includes about 2.4 acres of wetlands and is largely constrained by FEMA floodplain.
Parks and Recreation Director Kyle Langloy and consultant Wayne Hoffman (Wade Trim) told the council the site sits between the…
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